Restricted & Forbidden Commodities

Restricted Commodities

The following items are restricted and carriers will not accept responsibility for the following articles moving in refrigerated services unless special arrangements are made and paid for prior to shipment, or specific rates are published in the current price list.

Butter

Cantaloupes

Casaba

Cheese (Fresh & Frozen)

Fish (Frozen) (STCC 20-361-series)

Honeydew

Muskmelons

Seafood (Frozen) (STCC 20-361-series)

Forbidden Commodities

The following items are forbidden and carriers will not accept the responsibility for the following articles unless special arrangements are made and paid for prior to shipment. Cargo shipped in violation of this item will be assessed a surcharge fee of $2500.00 per rail car and an administrative fee of $100.00 per item incident. In addition, all demurrage fees will continue to accrue. All charges are due and payable at the time the shipment is released.

Animals, game, pigeons or poultry that are alive

Apricots

Artichokes

Asparagus

Avocado

Bananas

Berries

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery

Cherries

Crenshaw

Cucumbers

Eggplant

Eggs (Fresh)

Endive

Escarole

Figs

Fish (Fresh) (STCC 20-362-series)

Garlic

Ginger

Grapes

Guava

Hides, furs, pelts or skins, green or green salted

Horseradish

Ice Cream (STCC 20-241-10)

Juice Grapes (STCC 01-224-15, 01-224-20, 01-224-25)

Leeks

Lettuce

Lychees

Mangos

Milk (Fresh)

Mushrooms

Okra

Olives

Papayas

Parsley

Peaches

Peas

Peppers

Persimmons

Pineapples

Plants, living or fresh cut including Christmas trees, pumpkins, floral or nursery stock

Plums

Pomegranates

Prunes

Pumpkins

Quinces

Radishes

Rhubarb

Salsify

Seafood (Fresh) (STCC 20-362-series)

Spinach

Squash

Sweet Corn

Tomatoes

Turnips

Watercress

Watermelons

Yogurt (STCC 20-259-58)

Carriers reserve the right to refuse commodities in addition to those listed above, at their sole discretion.